Samiya Bashir and Joy Katz illuminate Manor House with warm poetry
By Kaiya Gordon /// Features Editor When Portland’s skies aren’t steeped in a gray soup of rain, fog and seasonal depression, the inside of the Frank Manor …
Arts
Art Week 2014
First Art Week presents series of exhibits, performances, workshops, artist talks By Katrina Staaf /// Arts Editor As we cheerfully embark upon our last full week of …
Senior composition recital lends sound to setting, literal and literary
By Katrina Staaf /// Arts Editor Last Friday night, David Salkowski (’14) watched over a diverse array of fellow student musicians (and a few faculty members) …
Reflecting Pool: An exhibit of work by graduating art majors
By Katrina Staaf /// Arts Editor Upon walking into the Hoffmann Gallery, I am surrounded by enchanting fragmentation. The wall straight ahead is covered with two vividly …
Catching signals that sound in the dark: Neutral Milk Hotel’s timelessness is second only to their flawlessness
By Zibby Pillote /// Editor-in-Chief With the progression of three simple chords, a packed, sweating Crystal Ballroom is the solitude of my bedroom in 2006. Eight years …
20 years later, theatre department remembers Rwandan Genocide
By Jessica Kostka /// Staff Writer A Catholic nun in Rwanda prays seven times a day. She reveals the location of 7,000 refugees who sought asylum within …
Keepin’ it Reel: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Visiting the Wonderful World of Wes Anderson By Jesse Merchant /// Staff Writer “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014) chronicles the adventures (and adventures they are) of the …
The Journey of Poet Laureate and Professor William Stafford
By Sara Schaff /// Staff Writer William Stafford, born Jan. 17, 1914 in Hutchinson, Kansas, was a poet widely considered to be one of the most influential …
Stoked for Sunburn
By Guadalupe Triana///Arts Editor The weather for Saturday’s Sunburn music festival is looking quite predictable: cloudy with a chance of rain. Despite the fact that perhaps past …
Jamming with Jamison
By Caleb Diehl /// Managing Editor As Ted Jamison (‘15) swivels in his office chair, enclosed by two microphones, all eyes are on him. He is preparing …